Woman alleges four men sexually assaulted her during attempted drug deal, police say

Woman alleges four men sexually assaulted her during attempted drug deal, police say

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Updated: 9:10 AM CDT Jul 5, 2017

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WEBVTT BLUE LIGHTS AND YELLOW TAPE.A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT HOMICIDELOOKS LIKE.BUT THIS IS HOW IT FEELS.PORT STREET, TWO MEN WERE SHOTAND KILLED JUST AFTER NOONSATURDAY.BUT THEY WERE NOT THE FIRST TODIE.A WOMAN, AROUND 19-YEARS-OLD,KILLED 12 HOURS EARLIER IN A CARON CLAIBORNE AT ORLEANS.TWO OTHER WOMEN IN THE CAR, ALSOSHOT.>> IT'S HARD.IT'S SAD AND IT'S SCARY BECAUSEI HAVE THREE BOYS AND ONE GIRLAND I PRAY FOR THEM EVERY DAY. JENNIFER: ANGEL RIGGINS ISPRAYING FOR HER BROTHER ANDCOUSIN, TOO, BOTH SHOT ANDKILLED IN NEW ORLEANS.HER COUSIN MICHAEL COUNTY KILLEDMONDAY WHILE DELIVERING A PIZZAIN ALGIERS.>> DOING HIS JOB, MAKING HISDELIVERY, AND THE NEXT THING YOUKNOW, SOME IDIOT JUST TOOK HISLIFE. JENNIFER: 175 PEOPLE WERE KILLEDIN NEW ORLEANS LAST YEAR, THEMOST SINCE 2012, ANOTHER 411PEOPLE SURVIVED BEING SHOT INTHE CITY.LITTLE WOODS, IN NEW ORLEANSEAST.WITNESSES SAY A PRESCHOOLER RANFROM THIS CAR SCREAMING.HIS FATHER SHOT AS THE SUN SET,.>> IT HAS TO STOP.IT'S JUST SENSELESS.A CHILD WAS INVOLVED IN THATCAR. >> AT WHAT POINT IS CITYGOVERNMENT HELD RESPONSIBLE?>> I THINK CITY GOVERNMENT ISALWAYS ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT GOESON IN OUR CITY. JENNIFER: COUNCILMEMBER NADINERAMSEY SAYS CRIME IS NO LONGER ANEIGHBORHOOD PROBLEM.NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE OR WHATYOU LOOK LIKE, YOU COULD BE ATARGET.>> IT'S IN EVERYBODY'S BACKYARD,NO MATTER IF YOU LIVE INLAKEVIEW, UPTOWN, THE SEVENTHWARD.WHEREVER YOU GO, IT'S JUST ALLOVER THE CITY.IT'S WIDESPREAD. JENNIFER: AND AS LONG AS LIFE ISCHEAP, ANGEL RIGGINS SAYS THISIS HOW HOMICIDE IN NEW ORLEANSIS.>> EVERYBODY NEEDS TO STARTREALLY RESPECTING LIFE.PEOPLE DON'T RESPECT LIFEANYMORE, AND THAT'S THE BOTTOMLINE.JENNIFER: SO FAR, THE NEWORLEANS POLICE DEPARTMENT HASNOT RELEASED INFORMATION ON ANYSUSPECTS CONNECTED TO ANY OF THESHOOTINGS OR HOMICIDES IN THISSTORY.IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION THATCOULD HELP, CALL CRIMESTOPPERSAT 504-822-1111.

Woman alleges four men sexually assaulted her during attempted drug deal, police say

New Orleans police released new details about an investigation into a woman who reported she was sexually assaulted by several men in New Orleans East.

Investigators said the sexual assault was reported Tuesday evening, but occurred during the early-morning hours of June 28 in the Seventh District.

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The victim, a 50-year-old woman, said she borrowed a friend's vehicle to buy drugs in the 5100 block of St. Claude Avenue, where she met an male acquaintance who previously sold her drugs.

Police said the the woman and the man drove around the corner, when three other men went into the car. The woman said the acquaintance took control of the car and drove to an unknown location in the Seventh District, where the men sexually assaulted her.

The woman said the men left in the car and she walked to Chalmette.

Detectives said the acquaintance is a black man, between 26 to 36 years old and has short black hair. He was last seen wearing a black T-shirt with gold lettering.

One of the men, who the victim did not know, was a black man in his 50s. He had short black hair and was missing a front tooth, police said.

Additional descriptions of the men were not released.

Officials said the woman declined a sexual-assault kit. The vehicle that was taken was a white, 2006 Ford Expedition with Louisiana license plate ZLP813.

Anyone with information is asked to call Crimestoppers at 504-822-1111.

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